The ‘Betting Coup’ Shaking Up Horse Racing

When several horses wildly outperformed the odds at tracks at Saratoga and the Jersey Shore, bookmakers in London were stung and industry watchers suspected an elaborate plot.

A racehorse owner is in hot water after igniting a scandal. Marshall Gramm, an economics professor at Rhodes College (Tenn.), faces a lifetime ban after being charged with improperly accessing confidential health records for thousands of horses, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) said in a statement